Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Life only demands from you the strength you posses

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Every advantage has its tax

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di